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Letter, from A Rawdon to Hans Sloane

Reference number: EL/R1/50

Date: 19 September 1694

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That Sherard's collections of Jamaican specimens had been sent; details of several cremation urns of a red colour believed to be Roman
Note from H Rawdon asking for advice on dropsical humour
Read to the Royal Society on 17 October 1694

Reference number
EL/R1/50
Earliest possible date
19 September 1694
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2 pages
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Manuscript
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A Rawdon

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A Rawdon, Letter, from A Rawdon to Hans Sloane, 19 September 1694, EL/R1/50, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_r1_50/letter-from-a-rawdon-to-hans-sloane, accessed on 22 January 2025

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